Mage Veigar

Chapter 743: More than exposed
No matter how good the strategy is.

Thinking ahead of the times.

If you can't find the right person to do it, then everything is just talk.

Some incompetent people can even make things worse and turn a set of king bombs and four 2s into three 2s with one king. The top rebels who lost Coverdale's control were obviously such people.

Even though Vega and Coverdale had already attacked the rear of the Imperial Army.

However, in the city of war, the imperial army led by Foster took action, preparing to attack the rebels who did not obey Hausmann's orders and did not know how to adapt.

Foster personally came to the other side of the Tank River.

He stood on a high place and looked forward: "Hausman, after many years, you and I have finally become opponents again. This time I will show you my progress over the years. I hope you won't let me down."

"Order!"

"The battle begins."

When Foster's order came, the Imperial Army began to move.

Foster had already mastered the basic principles of urban warfare. He knew that in order to take the initiative in urban warfare, he had to control three most important points:

Commanding heights, large buildings, and important transportation routes.

As long as you firmly control these three points, the enemy will be blindfolded and they will have a God's perspective.

need to know.

The empire's army has more than 500,000 soldiers, all of whom are highly qualified and have strong execution capabilities.

Under this premise, if the battle for commanding heights, large buildings, and transportation routes is launched, the rebels will not be a match at all. The reason why the imperial army suffered a great defeat last time was because the front-line commanders did not understand these key points and were caught off guard. Now that Foster is in charge of the battle himself, the situation will be reversed.

This is also why Hausman was ready to abandon the first plan.

Unfortunately, the rebel leaders got a taste of success and went their own way, so the following scene appeared at the temporary command post on the front line:

"What? All the commanding heights in Area A have been lost?"

"Not only Area A, but also the traffic arteries in Area B have been occupied. Soldiers cannot retreat along the original route. The Third Division has been completely wiped out."

"What urgent news has come from Area C?!"

"All the large buildings and air-raid shelters in Area C are now occupied. The Imperial Air Force is about to move in, and our troops can't find shelter."

"..."

Pieces of news came to the temporary command center like snowflakes.

They found that the combat methods that had been effective before had taken a 180-degree turn today.

The Imperial Army no longer ignored the temptation of small units and headed directly for commanding heights, large buildings, and major transportation routes.

The rebels were forced to mobilize their troops to repeatedly fight for commanding heights, important transportation routes, and large buildings, which was exactly what the Imperial Army wanted. In the chaos and frontal battles, the excellent quality of the Imperial Army soldiers gave them an absolute advantage.

This urban battle lasted for three days and three nights.

At the end of the battle, both sides deployed countless troops to fight for a commanding height and large buildings.

For the Imperial Army, if they take over strategic points such as large buildings, commanding heights, air-raid shelters, and major transportation routes, the rebels will have nowhere to hide. Then the air force can move in and completely destroy the main force of the rebels.

As for the rebels.

Air-raid shelters and large buildings are life-saving places, commanding heights and traffic arteries are necessary points for counterattacks. If they lose any of these points, they will be at risk of being wiped out.

But the gap in strength cannot be made up by determination. The morning of the fourth day.

A drizzle was falling.

Up to this moment, the Imperial Army has completed the occupation of the commanding heights, large buildings, air-raid shelters, and major transportation routes throughout the City of War. Now, looking down from the commanding heights, the main force of the rebels is in full view.

"The air force will begin to move in."

Foster issued a cruel order.

The issuance of this order meant that the imperial army would begin to massacre the rebels.

Since all the air defense facilities such as large buildings and air-raid shelters have been taken down by the Imperial Army, as long as they carry out carpet-style magic strikes on every area, the rebels will have only two choices: either sit and wait to die, or kneel down and surrender.

At this time, the officers in the rebel army's underground command were already panicking.

They begged Hausman one by one: "General Hausman, please think of a solution quickly. The enemy's air force is about to enter the battlefield, and our soldiers are all exposed to the enemy's sight. If this continues, the whole army will be wiped out."

"Yes, can the guerrilla warfare strategy still work now?"

A division commander said nervously: "We should forcibly occupy a few air-raid shelters now and let the soldiers blend in with the civilians. This way, the imperial army will not be able to find our soldiers unless they slaughter all the civilians."

"madness!"

A staff officer immediately retorted: "Before the plan started, we had 30 guerrillas who were divided into small groups and hid among the civilians taking refuge in air-raid shelters. If we intervene now, the Imperial Army will not only be able to easily identify the soldiers of the main force, but may even implicate the guerrillas who have integrated into the civilian population. Who will then be held responsible for the failure of the entire plan?"

"Are you going to surrender?"

Another division commander said unwillingly: "But once we surrender, the guerrillas may think that the situation is hopeless and choose to protect themselves and not carry out the next guerrilla war."

"Can we just watch 300,000 main forces die?"

When the officer said this, surprisingly no one refuted it.

"You guys are refutating me!"

The officer said helplessly: "Don't you usually argue fiercely? Why don't you refute me now? Please, refute me a little and let me know if there are other ways?!"

Still no one answered.

Everyone turned their eyes to Hausman.

But Hausman pretended to be compassionate and shook his head and said, "Everyone, I am very sorry. It is not that I don't want to save these 300,000 people, but the best time to save them has been missed. When Foster personally commanded the war, the situation was already hopeless."

"I regret not listening to the general."

Everyone lowered their heads in regret, but it was too late.

What answered them was a series of huge magical explosions. The explosions continued to ring for three days and three nights. When the air force's magic bombing ended, the army's mage corps and main force began to enter the scene.

It was the evening of the fourth day.

As the command issued an order to fight to the death and not to surrender, the 300,000 main forces of the rebel army were completely wiped out.

The only thing still in the hands of the rebels was probably this small underground air-raid shelter that was secretly built, and a guard regiment of less than 3,000 people, except for the guerrillas who had been broken up and integrated into the civilian population.

The battle was extremely brutal.

Hausmann's laissez-faire decision resulted in the sacrifice of 300,000 people in vain.

But he himself was unaware of it. The death of 300,000 lives did not even cause the slightest ripple in his heart.

(End of this chapter)